Eyelet-setting device.



M. 0. ANTHONY.

EYELET SETTING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 17. 1914.

1,228,735. Patented June 5, 1917.

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EYELET-SETTING DEVICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1917.

Application filed August 17, 1914. Serial No. 857,080.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARCUS O. ANTHONY,

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This invention relates to improvements in eyelet setting devices and the general objectof the invention is to provide an appliance which is easily operated and in which the eyelet may be positioned upon the setting mechanism preparatory to its insertion in the aperture in the article in which it is to be set and thereafter moved into operative relation to the cooperating crimping mechanism which rolls and clenches the edges'of the eyelet upon the article.

More specifically the object of the invention is to provide an eyelet sett'ng device particularly adapted to setting eyelets in pin tickets for clothing in tags, etc., which may be operated rapidly, which will permit the insertion of the eyelet only in the aperture prepared for it, and which cannot be operated if im roperly positioned in respect to the work.

Some classes of pin tickets, which are ordinarily used upon clothing of a high grade, are adapted to be so attached to the garment that they cannot be removed without mutilation or destruction. Such tickets usually bear a notice that the goods may not be returned if the ticket has been detached.

This form of pin ticket is usually provided with a member which overlies the bent over ends of the, inserted pins and is secured to the body of the ticket by means of an eyelet so that the pins cannot be straightened and removed from the fabric without breaking the overlying and sealing member.

In setting the eyelet in such pin tickets with the usual eyeleting machines or tools a careless operator will frequently thrust the eyelet through the garment thereby seriously damaging the same. In the present invention this is avoided by providing one of the jaws of the machine or tool with a sliding eyelet receiving and crimping member upon which the eyelet may be placed, the eyelet being then inserted through the aperture in the pin ticket and the eyelet receiving member thereafter thrust into clenching position by pressing the pin ticket toward the base of the jaws, means being provided to prevent the closing of the jaws until the eyelet crimping members are in proper alinement.

Pin tickets are usually applied to mer chandise by girls, and it is found that the usual eyeleting tool requires too much strength to permit such operators to clamp the eyelets properly or to work efficiently. Another object of this invention therefore is to provide a hand too-l in which there is such leverage upon the eyelet setting members that the same may be manipulated easily and without tiring the operators thereby increasing their speed and efficiency. This is accomplished in the preferred form of the invent-ion disclosed herein by providing a rack and pinion mechanism connecting the relatively movable jaws with their handles whereby a leverage of approximately ten to one is attained.

It will be obvious that the means disclosed herein for moving the jaws of the tool are capable of other uses and it is therefore to be understood that this novel leverage is not limited to its application to eyelet setting devices.

Likewise, the sliding anvil member of the eyelet setting aws may be adapted to various other tools and machines such as embossing, forging or swaging machines and it is to be designed to cover all such embodiments of the invention as fall within the scope thereof.

Other objects of the invention will more fully appear from the accompanying drawings, the specification, and claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a preferred form of eyeleting tool embodying my invention, the means for relatively moving the jaws being shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a detail view showing in longitudinal section a portion of the jaws and an eyelet inserted in a pin-ticket and about to be clenched thereon.

Fig. 3 is a detail end view of the jaws illustrating the manner in which the anvil is slidably mounted in one of the aws.

The preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated herein comprises a handle member 1 integral with a body portion 2 which is provided with an extended jaw 3, a handle member a mounted within the cheeks of the body member upon a pivot 5 and having at its inner end a series of teeth forming a segment of a pinion and engaging the corresponding teeth T upon the shank 8 of a cooperating jaw 9, the jaws 3 and 9 forming respectively the anvil and hammer jaws of the eyelet setting mechanism.

The jaw 9 is provided with a crimping face which desirably comprises a member 10 having an annular groove and a central stud 11, the central stud being adapted to enter the hole in the eyelet, and the annular groove 10, upon the compression of the hammer member toward the anvil member, serving to roll over and clamp the upper edge of the eyelet upon the article in which it is being set.

The construction thus described is similar to the usual eyelet setting mechanism but in the ordinary forms of eyeleting devices the anvil member which cooperates with the hammer meml er above described is permanently located substantially in alineinent therewith so that in placing the eyelet upon the hammer member it is necessary to introduce the eyelet between the jaws. This is rendered difficult by reason of the fact that said jaws are usually retained quite closely together, so that when the article is placed over the eyelet it will frequently dislodge the eyelet from the anvil member thereby causing loss of time in operating the device.

In order to obviate this difliculty one of the jaws is provided with an eyelet receiving or anvil member having a yieldable central stud, said eyelet receiving member being slidably mounted upon the jaw and normally extended by a spring beyond the end of the cooperating or clenching jaw so that the eyelet may be placed readily thereupon.

When the eyelet has been placed upon the stud and passed through the work the eyelet receiving member may be thrust beneath the cooperating or clenching jaw by pressure upon the work. By reason of this construction a relatively short movement of the jaws may be utilized and amuch more powerful leverage employed than in ordinary constructions, since it is not necessary to separatethe jaws so widely apart to permit positioning of the eyelet upon the stud of the eyelet receiving member.

As illustrated herein the anvil comprises a plate 12 having beveled edges 13 (see Fi 3) seated in corresponding ways extending laterally from the upper portion of a slot in the upper face of the jaw 3. The bottom wall of the slot 14: is provided with a groove 15 (see Fig. 2) to receive a stop 16 for limiting the movement of the carriage in both directions. The stop 16 desirably passes through the anvil member and forms an upwardly extending pin or stud l7 adapted to prevent the closing of the jaws unless the anvil member is positioned properly as will hereinafter be more fully explained.

The anvil member 12 is provided adjacent to its outer end with a block 18 having on its upper surface an annular crimping groove adapted to receive the under edge of aw and upon the pin 17. Any other suitable device which will normally retain the anvil member in the extended position aforesaid may however be employed.

In order to provide for the depression of the eyelet receiving stud 19 during the eyelet setting operation the jaw 3 is provided with an aperture 23 adapted to receive the end of the stud as it is pressed downward by its contact with the cooperating stud 11.

It is very desirable that means he provided to prevent the closing'of the hammer jaw upon the anvil jaw unless and until the eyelet clamping members are in absolute alinement and this is accomplished in the present invention through the medium of the pin 17 which is of such a length as to engage the under surface of the hammer jaw unless it is moved to such a position as to cause the clamping members to be in accurate alinement, in which position the pin 17 is adapted to enter an aperture 24in the hammer jaw 9 at which time the aperture 23 will be in alinement with the stem of the stud 19.

While this eyeleting device is adapted for general uses it is particularly designed for placing eyelets in pin tickets as previously mentioned and in Fig. 2 a pin ticket is shown with an eyelet inserted therethrough and about to be crimped between the ham-- mer and anvil aws. It will be obvious from inspection of the drawings that the eyelet may be placed upon the eyelet receiving stud 19 when the same is in the position illustrated in Fig. 1, the eyelet is then thrust through the aperture of the pin ticket, whereupon the pin ticket is pushed axially of the aws forcing the anvil and crimping mechanism into the position illustrated in Fig. 2, the handle members are then pressed together causing the hammer jaw to descend upon the upper portion of the eyelet so that the clamping face of the hammer jaw will cause the edge of the eyelet to be rolled over and clenched, the stud 19 being in the meantime forced downwardly as the cooperating stud ll descends, it being understood that the action of the cooperating stud insures the proper outward rolling of the upper edge of the eyelet.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated herein in connection with a hand tool it will be obvious that the same features may be utilized in a larger machine which may be permanently attached to a table or bench the member corresponding to the jaw 3 illustrated in the drawing being the base of the machine.

As has heretofore been stated eyeleting tools of this character are usually manipulated by girls and it is desirable that a rela tively great leverage be provided in order that the tools may be operated easily and rapidly.-

In the present embodiment of the invention means are provided for causing the parallel movement of the jaws 3 and 9 for applying a strong leverage to the jaw members. In the preferred embodiment herein the rack 8 is integral with the jaw 9 and is rectangular in form, it extends through a rectangular opening in the lower jaw 3 and is guided between cheeks 25 on the body portion 2, said cheeks being provided with recesses 26 adapted to receive a stud 27 ex tending through said cheeks and the rack'S. The pinion member 6 of the handle is so proportioned relatively to the handle or lever I as to greatly multiply the power exerted upon the jaws. The handles 1 and 4 may desirably be retained in separated position by a helical spring 28 mounted upon suitable studs carried by the handles.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An eyelet setting device comprising a pair of jaws, means for opening and closing said jaws while maintaining the same in parallelism, an eyelet receiving member carried by one of said jaws, resilient means normally holding said eyelet receiving member extended beyond the end of the cooperating jaw, and a stud yieldably mounted in said eyelet receiving member adapted to enter an eyelet positioned in the work and providing means whereby pressure upon said work will thrust said eyelet receiving jaw in operative relation to the cooperating jaw.

2. An eyelet setting device comprising pair of pivotal handles, a pair of jaws, means including a rack and pinion operable by said handles for opening and closing said jaws while maintaining the same in parallelism, an eyelet receiving member extended beyond the end of the cooperating jaw, and a stud yieldably mounted in said eyelet receiving member adapted to enter an eyelet positioned in the work and providing means whereby pressure upon said work will thrust said eyelet receiving jaw in operative relation to the cooperating jaw.

3. An eyelet setting device comprising a pair of jaws, means for opening and closing said jaws while maintaining the same in parallelism, an eyelet receiving member carried by one of said jaws, resilient means normally holding said eyelet receiving member extended beyond the face of its supporting jaw, means carried by said eyelet receiving member adapted to be engaged by the work in which the eyelet is to be set and to be thrust thereby within the face of its supporting jaw and in operative relation to the cooperating jaw and means independent of the eyelet receiving member but movable therewith for preventing the closing of the jaws when the eyelet receiving member is in an extended position.

4. In an eyeleting device comprising a stationary jaw, a relatively movable hammer jaw having an eyelet crimping member and means for actuating said jaw, an anvil having a crimping member slidably mounted in said stationary jaw, a spring normally projecting said anvil beyond the end of said stationary jaw, means carried by said anvil member adapted to be engaged by the work to position the crimping members in operative relation against the resistance of the spring and a pinpassing through said anvil adapted to register with an aperture in the hammer when in eyelet setting position and also to engage a shoulder on the anvil supporting jaw to limit the movement of the anvil and thereby to position the clamping members in operative position.

5. An eyeleting device comprising a stationary jaw, a relatively movable hammer jaw having an eyelet crimping face, an anvil slidably mounted in said stationary jaw hav ing a crimping member provided with a central eyelet receiving stud adapted to be forced by pressure upon the work to position the anvil crimping member in operative relation to the crimping face of a hammer member, and means carried by the anvil independently of said eyelet receiving stud adapted to engage the hammer jaw for preventing the depression of the eyelet receiving stud unless the crimping members are in proper alinement.

6. In a device of the class described, a hammer jaw having an eyelet crimping face, an anvil jaw having an undercut slot extending longitudinally thereof; an aperture and a groove in the under wall of said slot, an anvil member having an eyelet crimping surface and a yieldable stud centrally disposed therein slidably mounted in said slot, avspring normally retaining said anvil member in extended position to permit an eyelet to be placed readily upon said yieldable stud, and a pin carried by said anvil projecting into said groove and adapted to limit the movement of said anvil by-engagement with the ends of said groove and extending above said anvil member normally'to prevent the closing of said jaws, the opposite jaw being apertured to receive said pin when the crimping members are in alinement and to permit the closing of said jaws.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my 15 name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARCUS O. ANTHONY.

Witnesses:

G. ALBIN WALLIN, JOSEPH Jorrn.

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